Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.
Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf.
Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason.
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.
Deaf with the noise, I took my hasty flight.
Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. [R.]
A deaf murmur through the squadron went.
Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they [peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds will be deaf, void, light, and naught.